Residential preferences and residential choices in a multiethnic context

Bibliographic Data

ID10967718
AuthorsW A V Clark (0000-0003-4944-1926, Department of Geography, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90024, corresponding author)
Year1992
Volume29
Issue3
Pages451-466
Publication date1992-08-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueDemography (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0070-3370 • E-ISSN: 1533-7790
PublisherDuke University Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2307/2061828
PMID1426439
OpenAlexW2033763223
LanguageEN
Citations received248
References cited19

A study of the expressed preferences of four different ethnic groups in the Los Angeles metropolitan area shows strong desires for own-race combinations in the ethnicity of neighborhoods that individuals say they would choose when seeking a new residence. The results also show that Anglos are not the only group to practice “avoidance” of other racial/ethnic neighborhoods, although avoidance behavior by Anglos is the strongest. Because the issues of racial composition are socially sensitive, additional tests examined the relationship of preferences to behavior. Although many behaviors generally follow expressed preferences, members of households who expressed “no preference” also were found to largely choose own race neighborhoods. The results of this study suggest that the expressed preference for own race/own ethnicity, in combination with short-distance local moves, is likely to maintain present patterns of separation in U.S. metropolitan areas

Context (archaeology · Economics · Ethnic composition · Ethnic group · Geography · Metropolitan area · Population · Preference · Race (biology · Residence · Sociology · Demography · Gender Studies · Housing Market and Economics · Psychology · Social Psychology · Urban Transport and Accessibility · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies

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